This children’s book is the perfect way to bring a little history into the romance of St. Valentine’s Day. It shares a summary of Valentine and how his life and death spurred the holiday we currently know. It is a very cute story with poems mixed into the prose. It is well written, well constructed and a definite recommend for teaching kids about the originator of the holiday.
I haven’t studied the life of St. Valentine myself to speak into the accuracy of information or anything of value I would add to the story. Bustard does have a note from the author at the end of the book explaining that not much is known about Valentine and the limited information he found shares about his love for others. Bustard explains the different types of love known to the Ancient Greeks and how Valentine demonstrates the love Christ has for all of us, not just romantic love for one person. This is such an appropriate note for the readers to understand that Valentine was a believer who epitomized the love of God shown in a variety of ways.
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